Olivier's "Naughty or Nice" Christmas Party

My friend Olivier threw a "Naughty or Nice" Christmas party. I think I was the only one that came dressed as "nice." Here's Rachel Carlson in one of her own naughty "Rachelle Appelle" designs and rocking out her washboard abs with hosts Oliver and Michael. Jeremy Lucido and his boyfriend Nick Leoni sample homemade desserts. The hosts inspect Leo's package!

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Saturday Night with Shawn Antonio at Vanguard

My friend Shawn Antonio promotes Saturday Nights at Vanguard. I stopped by to check it out because I'm planning to celebrate my birthday there in January. Shawn and I see each other ever week for lunch with friends, but rarely out at night. That's ironic since we are both "nightlife people." Vanguard turned out to be super-fun so I'm excited!

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Jeremy Lucido's Birthday Bash at The Spotlight

Joanne and I attended Jeremy Lucido's birthday bash at The Spotlight. Here we are with my old pal $EX Artiste, and that's me with Jeremy's boyfriend Nick. I last saw them both on Thanksgiving. This was my first time at The Spotlight, known as the best dive bar in the Cahuenga Corridor! Catch Jeremy's video-blog of his birthday weekend here.

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"Oh My Eponine!" and Other Spins on "Les Miz"

I bring you Eponine... through the lens of pop-culture. Even if you're not a fan, you will enjoy this stuff!

• "Oh My Eponine!" by Ozma.
  
• Chis Dilley singing "On My Own" with surprise lyrics!
  
• The Anime "Les Miserables" with the best Eponine death scene ever.
  
• And a Fantine/Valjean fan-vid set to "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight" because of the '80s awesomeness.
  

While enjoying a staged concert of "Les Miserables," Abbie, Brian and I bond over our love for Eponine and conclude that she stands out as the fan-favorite amongst the gays. The reaction of the audience at The Hollywood Bowl to Lea Michele's performance confirms this.

After the performance, Abbie, Heather and I go dancing at Akbar. Heather's favorite is Cosette, and we love her anyway!

"Dial 'M' for Madonna" Invades Hollywood Blvd. WOW!

Last Friday night, I'm at the opening for "Dial 'M' for Madonna" watching Austin Young's video of comedy sensation Nadya Ginsberg as Madonna (and Cher and Britney) doing a homeless man in the latest installment of "The Worm." Followed this, the most beautiful drag queen ever performs a song from "Hard Candy." (Her nostrils are painted! Now that's attention to detail.)

Click here to see all my pictures from this event.

James St. James knows how to throw a party. (Not that the world's ever had any doubt.) And this art opening is legendary. Love her or hate her, everyone turns out for Madonna. Some of the art work celebrates her. And some... doesn't. My favorite is the installation of life-size Madonna tour/video costumes made out of real candy! (See video of James covering the event on the WOW Report.)

I believe WOW Gallery's next show will be a solo photography exhibit of work by Thairin Smothers, who is a world class sweetie! And that last picture is singer Jose Promis, soon moving to Paris flanked by French hotties Olivier and Olivier. That's a yummy French/Chilean sandwich in anyone's book!

• Click here to listen to ALL of "Hard Candy" on my recap of the CD release parties.
• Check out my last visit to WOW Gallery for "Warhol: Dead at 21" here.

"Instinct" Magazine Throws Party, Names Gayest Nerd! ...Gerard Butler Walks By

The scene is poolside at The Standard on Sunset. Instinct Magazine is throwing a party, and I'm there celebrating my moment as their May Bachelor. I run into old friends like Bobby Trendy and Jonathan Chang and make some new ones.

While all this is happening, Gerard Butler, who is not at the party, but is at The Standard is spotted in the restaurant. Party-goer Roberto Ezzevalli grabs him for photo op, shot by the LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Jim Key.

I am bummed I miss this as I will forever be grateful to 300 for all the hot guys that now show up at Comic-Con International dressed up like Spartans!

Click here to see all the pictures I took at the party.

Speaking of hot guys, the underwear fashion show uses models from The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. The attendees pay little attention to the underwear. The man at the center of the next picture is Instinct's managing editor, Jonathan Riggs, whom I have to thank for asking me to be in the magazine!

There's Daniel with Jonathan"Socialite Extraordinaire" Chang and me with Patrick Joseph "Livonia Parsons" Vettraino. That's a mouthful. Click here to see all the pictures I took at the party.

As for the "gayest nerd," well, that would be me. The magazine has a whole section this month on Prism Comics.

Aside from a full-page portrait, the spread also includes 5 images of my artwork. And since it's a national magazine, I guess that makes me America's Gayest Nerd! Woo-hoo. ;)

The portrait by Stephanie Yantz was shot in Echo Park, because I'm a champion of the East Side. I'm glad it's a lot less "fashiony" than the one from Frontiers last year. That was a lot to live up to! My "Bachelor" feature is page 42 of the May 2008 issue of Instinct or click here for the shorter online version.